As far as body work goes:
- All weatherstiping must be removed as well as glue remnants
- As for irregular groves and notches around rear window, fiberglass body filler
- You should take off doors and hood for proper prep and paint
- You don't have to remove door glass or windsheild, possibly rear window if it's an earlier C3 (you'll know what I'm talking about if you can)
- As for gaping everything you'll need to use actual fiberglass mat and epoxy to build up gaps then cut and sand them down for proper gap spacing, fiberglass body filler to smooth imperfections.
- For sanding the body, if the paint is still factory then roughing up the surface with 120grit BY HAND then take it down again with 500 BY HAND will do the trick. If the cars been painted in the past then you should talk to a reputable paint shop for their take. You are then talking about some BIG money for a good paint job and most of that money will go into taking off your existing paint and all the prep work that must be done cause it's a fiberglass body.
- DO NOT use chemical striper to take the paint off if you decide to do it yourself!!!
Post any other questions and I'm sure someone here will give you some good advice. Hope this helps
- All weatherstiping must be removed as well as glue remnants
- As for irregular groves and notches around rear window, fiberglass body filler
- You should take off doors and hood for proper prep and paint
- You don't have to remove door glass or windsheild, possibly rear window if it's an earlier C3 (you'll know what I'm talking about if you can)
- As for gaping everything you'll need to use actual fiberglass mat and epoxy to build up gaps then cut and sand them down for proper gap spacing, fiberglass body filler to smooth imperfections.
- For sanding the body, if the paint is still factory then roughing up the surface with 120grit BY HAND then take it down again with 500 BY HAND will do the trick. If the cars been painted in the past then you should talk to a reputable paint shop for their take. You are then talking about some BIG money for a good paint job and most of that money will go into taking off your existing paint and all the prep work that must be done cause it's a fiberglass body.
- DO NOT use chemical striper to take the paint off if you decide to do it yourself!!!
Post any other questions and I'm sure someone here will give you some good advice. Hope this helps
